AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has proclaimed May 2-8 as Travel and Tourism Week in Texas. According to the Governor, the week is intended to highlight the impact of the travel and tourism industry on the state of Texas and the resilience of the industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. National Travel & Tourism Week is…… MORE
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) – The widow of a Texas congressman who died after contracting the coronavirus is carrying Donald Trump’s endorsement into a special election. Nearly two dozen candidates are on Saturday’s ballot in Texas’ 6th Congressional District, which includes the booming corridor between Dallas and Fort Worth. The winner will fill the seat of…… MORE
FORT WORTH (WBAP/KLIF) – The Tarrant County Medical Examiner is retiring after 42 years on the job. Nizam Peerwani’s retirement announcement comes amid controversy. Tarrant county defense lawyers are calling for an independent investigation into the medical examiner’s office after autopsy mistakes were found in dozens of cases. Peerwani is accused of giving misleading testimony…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – There’s a lot at stake across North Texas in Saturday’s municipal elections. Key races include filling the Congressional seat of the late Ron Wright, and electing a Mayor in Plano, Fort Worth and Arlington. A slew of city council seats are on the ballot in Dallas. Off-year municipal elections, however, typically bring…… MORE
AUSTIN (WBAP/KLIF) – A bill that would allow the permanent sale of alcohol-to-go at Texas restaurants is headed to Governor Greg Abbott’s desk. The Texas Senate passed HB 1024 by Representative Charlie Geren and Senator Kelly Hancock on Wednesday, making to-go cocktails from restaurants a permanent perk of living in Texas. “Texas restaurants took a…… MORE
Dallas-Fort Worth (WBAP/KLIF) – Cleanup is underway after large hail and damaging winds hit parts of North Texas last night. Residents of the Westhouse Apartments in North Fort Worth say the hail damage was massive and widespread. In Parker County high winds toppled a mobile home on Enchanted Lakes Drive near Eagle Mountain Lake.…… MORE
UPDATE: A tornado warning issued for Tarrant County has been canceled by the National Weather Service. The warning was issued shortly after 8 p.m. Wednesday and while a tornado was not spotted the storm brought rain, lightning and large hail. 3 inch size hail was reported in North Ft. Worth, Keller, Flower Mound and other…… MORE
MCKINNEY (WBAP/KLIF) – The calls for justice in the death of Marvin Scott III inside the Collin County jail are growing louder following the medical examiner’s ruling that Scott’s manner of death was “homicide.” Community reacts to ruling that manner of #MarvinScottIII was homicide. @WBAP247NEWS @570KLIF pic.twitter.com/HxHLhoa0dL — Clayton Neville (@ClaytonNeville) April 28, 2021 Collin…… MORE
Austin, Texas (AP) – The former CEO of New York’s independent electricity marketer has been named interim CEO of the manager of the electric grid serving 90% of Texas. Brad Jones has been hired for up to one year as chief executive of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas. ERCOT board member Mark Carpenter calls…… MORE
DALLAS (WBAP/KLIF) – A panel of three Texas Judges is considering an appeal in former Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger’s murder conviction. Guyger is serving a 10-year prison sentence for Murder after she told Police she shot and killed Botham Jean by mistake, thinking his apartment was her own. During a hearing held virtually on…… MORE
